Bicycle pedal attachment.



No. 638,649( Patented uw. 5, |899.

H. n. slew-:annum BICYCLE PEDAL ATTACHMENT.

(Applicti-on filed Feb. 14, 1899.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

I-IENRILT R. SIEVERKROPP, OF RACINE, WISCONSIN.

BICYCLE PEDAL ATTACHM ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 638,649, dated December5, 1899. Application filed February 14, 1899. Serial No. 705,502. (Nomodel.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Beit known that LHENRY R. SIEVEEKROPP, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Racine, in the county of Racine and State ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in BicyclePedal Attachments; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention has for its object to facilitate speeding and control of abicycle; and it consists in simple, economical, strong, and durablepedal attachments similar to the one hereinafter particularly set forthwith reference to the accompanying drawing and subsequently claimed.

The drawing is a perspective vieW of a bicycle pedal attachment inaccordance with iny invention.

Referring by letter to the drawing, A indicates a spring-metal platedesigned for detachable connection with the rear of a bicycle-pedal, asby means of the bolt b, washer c, and nut clherein shown.

The plate is bent to form a pair of parallel split sleeveslongitudinally thereof, and in adjustable engagement with the sleeveportions of the plate are the horizontal ends of a footclip B, providedwith aY toe-clip extension C, the two clips being herein shown made froma single stiff wire bent and twisted to avoid sharp angles. Compressionof the plate-sleeves serves to hold the ends of the foot-clip inadjusted position, and this compression is had by the means employed tohold the plate in detachable connection with the pedal. The

depending loop e of the toe-clip is held to the front of the pedal by abolt f, Washer g, and nut h, said loop being vertically adjustable onthe bolt.

The combined foot and toe clip is readily attachable to a bicycle-pedalsimilar to those v now in common use, and the device as a Whole not onlyinsures foothold on the pedal to which it is connected, but also makesit possible for the bicycle-rider to exert more than an ordinary degreeof lifting power upon said pedal.

While I have shown a preferred form of my invention, the same may bevariously modifled in the matter of structural detail, and therefore Ido not Wish to be understood as confining myself to the single-wirecombined foot and toe clip herein particularly set forth.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-d A plate bent to form a pair of parallelsleeves longitudinally thereof, means for clamping the plate to the rearof a bicycle-pedal, a footclip having ends thereof adjustable in Saidsleeves, a toe-clip constituting an extension of the foot-clip and meansfor clamping the toe-clip to the front of the pedal.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, atRacine, in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin, in the presenceof t-Wo Witnesses.

HENRY R. SIEVERKROPP.

Witnesses:

C. R. CARPENTER, B. R. JONES.

